Sampit in Georgetown County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Sampit Methodist Church

By J. J. Prats, February 21, 2009

1. Sampit Methodist Church Marker, Side One

Inscription. This church, formally organized in 1839, had its origins in a slave mission begun in 1786 on Gov. Thomas Boone’s plantation, 3 miles SE. Rev. P. A. M. Williams became its first minister in 1840. The first Church, a frame building built the same year, stood 1.5 miles S. The present sanctuary was built on a 5-acre plot donated to the church in 1887 by Benjamin D. Bourne, a member and trustee.

The present sanctuary, built by the time the congregation acquired this site in 1887, was originally a frame church. It was extensively renovated in 1859–60 and completely covered in brick in 1975–76. Three members of the church later became ministers: Revs. C. D. Huggins, Jack D. Watts, and John Paul Watts, Sr. Sampit is also the mother church of Oak Grove Methodist Church, founded in 1890.

Erected 2003 by the congregation. (Marker Number 22-56.)

Location. 33° 21.861′ N, 79° 27.48′ W. Marker is in Sampit, South Carolina, in Georgetown County. Marker is on Saints Delight Road (Alternate U.S. 17) south of Highmarket Street / Georgetown Highway (U.S. 521), on the left when traveling south. Click for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1125 Saints Delight Road, Georgetown SC 29440, United States of America.

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